For those of you who are unfamiliar with us, the Good Neighbors of Park Slope is a group of over 600 members, 50 years old and over, residing in your community, with many members who are artists and still dedicated to their work. Hence, the current show, which is a small presentation of what older vibrant neighbors are still producing.

LA BODEGA GALLERY

EARTH MATTER COMPOST LEARNING CENTER @ GI

EARTH MATTER COMPOST LEARNING CENTER @ GI

Monday Community CompostBuild

Join us to build a compost windrow! We will combine 14,000 lbs of neighborhood food scraps with an equal amount of Governors Island yard waste. Learn about how we construct an aerated static (ASP) system. No experience necessary, but dress warmly and wear water resistant clothing and boots.

Volunteers help empty bins of food scraps, remove contaminants (plastics and other non-compostable items), and chop open whole foods to let in microbes.

You would arrive on the 9 am ferry and return to Manhattan on the 12:30 pm ferry.

CLIMATE CHANGE NEW YORK CITY

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) invites you to participate in a professional learning opportunity on climate change.

This free event is designed for non-formal educators to learn first-hand from scientists and policy makers about up-to-date climate research, how NYC is adapting to climate change, and the impacts of climate change on New York City‘s water.

The event will feature presenters from the New York City Panel on Climate Change, the Mayor's Office of Resiliency, New York University, DEP, and environmental education organizations.

THE VALUE OF SHARPNESS: WHEN IT FALLS

Nicholas Galanin presents The Value of Sharpness: When It Falls, a site-specific installation at Open Source Gallery.

Nicholas Galanin’s offers perspective rooted in connection to land and an engagement with contemporary culture. For over a decade, Galanin has been embedding incisive observation into his work, investigating and expanding intersections of culture and concept in form, image and sound. For The Value of Sharpness: When It Falls, Galanin has created sixty porcelain hatchets, which are suspended from the gallery ceiling.

Hatchets are an iconic example of Indigenous tool making and technology throughout the world; their weight and sharpness wielded in attack or defense, and in daily activities of creation and subsistence. Regardless of the force and skill with which these hatchets are directed, their porcelain clay bodies will break on impact. Patterned with the red and blue floral of delftware, these hatchets reference and reflect the legacy of colonial impact on Indigenous communities; they are fragile, decorative representations of powerful tools. These objects speak to the restriction of Indigenous sovereignty through colonial/settler violence and legislation tolerant of only fragile and decorative representations of Indigenous people. Simultaneously the blade of each hatchet is lined with gold luster. At first glance another apparently decorative motif; this line of gold is also a reminder of the value in sharpness, of Indigenous technology, and the capacity to create and destroy. The capability of the hatchets is not in their ability to split wood or bone, but in their ability to shatter, creating small sharp projectiles and edges from decorative representations....more

Sun Mar 3 2019

2:00 PM

GOOD NEIGHBORS OF PARK SLOPE

ART SHOW

At GROUND FLOOR GALLERY

Location:

343 5th Street (5-6 Ave)

Park Slope, Brooklyn

On exhibit:

Friday, February 22nd - Sunday, March 3rd

Hours: Thurs 2-6; Fri 2-6; Sat 12-6; Sun 10-4

For those of you who are unfamiliar with us, the Good Neighbors of Park Slope is a group of over 600 members, 50 years old and over, residing in your community, with many members who are artists and still dedicated to their work. Hence, the current show, which is a small presentation of what older vibrant neighbors are still producing.

MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE IN EL BARRIO

In keeping with their annual tradition of celebrating International Women’s Day, Movement for Justice in El Barrio invites you to join them as they honor the tremendous leadership and indispensable contributions of women who fight for dignity and justice everywhere.

An International Women's Day Celebration featuring women’s struggles from around the world.

35th Annual GreenThumb

GrowTogether Conference

Date And Time

Location

This event will be free this year, but lunch will not be provided with the free ticket. However, you can purchase a bagged lunch from CUNY’s caterer in advance and pick it up on site. Lunch will not be sold on the day of the event. Lunch includes a sandwich, salad, cookie and water. Vegan lunches will be available.

Space is limited - Register by March 28, or until capacity is reached.